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The absence of New York, London and Dubai in the top 10 is a reminder of the huge demand for air travel in and around the Asia-Pacific region.
With the holiday season over and budgets tight, January is traditionally one of the quietest months of the year for international flying. Corporate traffic can be slow and weather is often suboptimal (if not sub-zero) at many key vacation destinations.
Even in the off-peak, there are still tens of millions of people flying worldwide – but which routes were the busiest this month? Using the latest data from analytics firm OAG, Skift can reveal the international flights that bucked the global trends and enjoyed the strongest start to the year.